Alan Cumming Talks Pushing For More LGBTQ+ Representation on 'The Traitors' Season 3

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Alan Cumming is speaking out about getting more queer representation on The Traitors! The 59-year-old entertainer, who identifies as bisexual, serves as host and producer of the reality competition series.

In a new interview, Alan opened up about pushing for more LGTBQ+ representation among the contestants for the upcoming third season, following the early exit of Peppermint in season two. Keep reading to find out more… “On a purely statistical basis, I think [the previous casts have been] very diverse racially and gender-wise, but there just wasn’t enough LGBTQ people represented,” he told EW. “It’s exposure therapy, it’s visibility.

And you have to do it in every small way you can. We need to see that trans people are everywhere. They felt more comfortable to be visible in the last couple of decades.

But historically, there’s always a backlash against change, and we are in the midst of a huge one right now. My response to that is to push back and say, ‘No, we’re not going to hide.